Point a subdomain to a sub-directory?

[Leon]

How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of my site using
asp.net?

I know normally domains are setup to point to the root directory of the web
site. However, how can I detect which URL a person is browsing to on my site
with ("such as leon.mydomain.com"), and redirect them to the appropriate
place on within site ("such as mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and where do I
want to put this code in default page of the website or in the global.asax
file.

Thanks!

[Jignesh Desai]

Request.ServerVariables will help u to identify about User's Request.
(URL, file, Path, Physical location etc ).

HTH
Regards,
Jignesh Desai
www.dotnetjini.com
"Leon" <vn*****@msn.com> wrote in message
news:uF**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of my site using
asp.net?

I know normally domains are setup to point to the root directory of the web site. However, how can I detect which URL a person is browsing to on my site with ("such as leon.mydomain.com"), and redirect them to the appropriate
place on within site ("such as mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and where do I
want to put this code in default page of the website or in the global.asax
file.

Thanks!

[Brock Allen]

You need to configure a new website in IIS and it can use the HTTP host header
to distinguish which website to access. Then in your second website configure
to map to any directory you want to.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of my site
using asp.net?

I know normally domains are setup to point to the root directory of
the web site. However, how can I detect which URL a person is browsing
to on my site with ("such as leon.mydomain.com"), and redirect them to
the appropriate place on within site ("such as
mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and where do I want to put this code in
default page of the website or in the global.asax file.

Thanks!

[Leon]

something like this would work right?

<%
sname = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
sname = ucase(sname)
if InStr(sname,"DOMAIN1") <> 0 then
response.redirect "subdirectory to go to"
elseif InStr(sname,"DOMAIN2") <> 0 then
response.redirect "2nd subdirectory to go to"
end if
%>
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:17*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

You need to configure a new website in IIS and it can use the HTTP host
header to distinguish which website to access. Then in your second website
configure to map to any directory you want to.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of my site
using asp.net?

I know normally domains are setup to point to the root directory of
the web site. However, how can I detect which URL a person is browsing
to on my site with ("such as leon.mydomain.com"), and redirect them to
the appropriate place on within site ("such as
mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and where do I want to put this code in
default page of the website or in the global.asax file.

Thanks!

[Brock Allen]

Yes, I suppose that would work. The downside is that you'd have to code this
for every page, I presume? And what happens when you want to support a 3rd,
4th or 5th domain? Again, there are always two ways to skin a cat. I'd suggest
seeking out the sharper knife, though ;)

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

something like this would work right?

<%
sname = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
sname = ucase(sname)
if InStr(sname,"DOMAIN1") <> 0 then
response.redirect "subdirectory to go to"
elseif InStr(sname,"DOMAIN2") <> 0 then
response.redirect "2nd subdirectory to go to"
end if
%>
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:17*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

You need to configure a new website in IIS and it can use the HTTP
host header to distinguish which website to access. Then in your
second website configure to map to any directory you want to.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of my site
using asp.net?

I know normally domains are setup to point to the root directory of
the web site. However, how can I detect which URL a person is
browsing to on my site with ("such as leon.mydomain.com"), and
redirect them to the appropriate place on within site ("such as
mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and where do I want to put this code in
default page of the website or in the global.asax file.

Thanks!

[Leon]

maybe I should just do just a domain redirect form where the domain name is
parked?
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:20*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

Yes, I suppose that would work. The downside is that you'd have to code
this for every page, I presume? And what happens when you want to support
a 3rd, 4th or 5th domain? Again, there are always two ways to skin a cat.
I'd suggest seeking out the sharper knife, though ;)

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

something like this would work right?

<%
sname = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
sname = ucase(sname)
if InStr(sname,"DOMAIN1") <> 0 then
response.redirect "subdirectory to go to"
elseif InStr(sname,"DOMAIN2") <> 0 then
response.redirect "2nd subdirectory to go to"
end if
%>
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:17*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

You need to configure a new website in IIS and it can use the HTTP
host header to distinguish which website to access. Then in your
second website configure to map to any directory you want to.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen
How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of my site
using asp.net?

I know normally domains are setup to point to the root directory of
the web site. However, how can I detect which URL a person is
browsing to on my site with ("such as leon.mydomain.com"), and
redirect them to the appropriate place on within site ("such as
mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and where do I want to put this code in
default page of the website or in the global.asax file.

Thanks!

[Brock Allen]

Oh, I had assumed you had proper DNS entries for your domain and subdomains.
So if it's parked, then a redirect to your specific URL would also work.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

maybe I should just do just a domain redirect form where the domain
name is
parked?
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:20*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

Yes, I suppose that would work. The downside is that you'd have to
code this for every page, I presume? And what happens when you want
to support a 3rd, 4th or 5th domain? Again, there are always two ways
to skin a cat. I'd suggest seeking out the sharper knife, though ;)

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

something like this would work right?

<%
sname = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
sname = ucase(sname)
if InStr(sname,"DOMAIN1") <> 0 then
response.redirect "subdirectory to go to"
elseif InStr(sname,"DOMAIN2") <> 0 then
response.redirect "2nd subdirectory to go to"
end if
%>
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:17*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
You need to configure a new website in IIS and it can use the HTTP
host header to distinguish which website to access. Then in your
second website configure to map to any directory you want to.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen
> How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of my
> site using asp.net?
>
> I know normally domains are setup to point to the root directory
> of the web site. However, how can I detect which URL a person is
> browsing to on my site with ("such as leon.mydomain.com"), and
> redirect them to the appropriate place on within site ("such as
> mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and where do I want to put this code
> in default page of the website or in the global.asax file.
>
> Thanks!
>

[Leon]

I do I do a doamin forward from where the domain is parked, but mask or is
it impossible? See example below..
Parked domain = www.mydomain .com
so I set-up a domain forward to www.maindomain .com, but I want the url to
keep showing mydomain.com.

"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:22*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

Oh, I had assumed you had proper DNS entries for your domain and
subdomains. So if it's parked, then a redirect to your specific URL would
also work.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

maybe I should just do just a domain redirect form where the domain
name is
parked?
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:20*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

Yes, I suppose that would work. The downside is that you'd have to
code this for every page, I presume? And what happens when you want
to support a 3rd, 4th or 5th domain? Again, there are always two ways
to skin a cat. I'd suggest seeking out the sharper knife, though ;)

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen
something like this would work right?

<%
sname = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
sname = ucase(sname)
if InStr(sname,"DOMAIN1") <> 0 then
response.redirect "subdirectory to go to"
elseif InStr(sname,"DOMAIN2") <> 0 then
response.redirect "2nd subdirectory to go to"
end if
%>
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:17*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
> You need to configure a new website in IIS and it can use the HTTP
> host header to distinguish which website to access. Then in your
> second website configure to map to any directory you want to.
>
> -Brock
> DevelopMentor
> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
>> How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of my
>> site using asp.net?
>>
>> I know normally domains are setup to point to the root directory
>> of the web site. However, how can I detect which URL a person is
>> browsing to on my site with ("such as leon.mydomain.com"), and
>> redirect them to the appropriate place on within site ("such as
>> mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and where do I want to put this code
>> in default page of the website or in the global.asax file.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>

[Brock Allen]

Ah, but that's a security problem. The redirect is going to be your best
bet. The other hack I've seen is to make your first domain have a page that
contains a frame that points to the second domain. This sort of works, I
guess :)

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

I do I do a doamin forward from where the domain is parked, but mask
or is
it impossible? See example below..
Parked domain = www.mydomain .com
so I set-up a domain forward to www.maindomain .com, but I want the
url to
keep showing mydomain.com.
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:22*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

Oh, I had assumed you had proper DNS entries for your domain and
subdomains. So if it's parked, then a redirect to your specific URL
would also work.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

maybe I should just do just a domain redirect form where the domain
name is
parked?
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:20*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
Yes, I suppose that would work. The downside is that you'd have to
code this for every page, I presume? And what happens when you want
to support a 3rd, 4th or 5th domain? Again, there are always two
ways to skin a cat. I'd suggest seeking out the sharper knife,
though ;)

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen
> something like this would work right?
>
> <%
> sname = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
> sname = ucase(sname)
> if InStr(sname,"DOMAIN1") <> 0 then
> response.redirect "subdirectory to go to"
> elseif InStr(sname,"DOMAIN2") <> 0 then
> response.redirect "2nd subdirectory to go to"
> end if
> %>
> "Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in
> message
> news:17*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
>> You need to configure a new website in IIS and it can use the
>> HTTP host header to distinguish which website to access. Then in
>> your second website configure to map to any directory you want
>> to.
>>
>> -Brock
>> DevelopMentor
>> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
>>> How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of my
>>> site using asp.net?
>>>
>>> I know normally domains are setup to point to the root directory
>>> of the web site. However, how can I detect which URL a person is
>>> browsing to on my site with ("such as leon.mydomain.com"), and
>>> redirect them to the appropriate place on within site ("such as
>>> mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and where do I want to put this code
>>> in default page of the website or in the global.asax file.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>

[Leon]

thanks so much for your time, but what do you mean by "The other hack I've
seen is to make your first domain have a page that contains a frame that
points to the second domain"?
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:24*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

Ah, but that's a security problem. The redirect is going to be your best
bet. The other hack I've seen is to make your first domain have a page
that contains a frame that points to the second domain. This sort of
works, I guess :)

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

I do I do a doamin forward from where the domain is parked, but mask
or is
it impossible? See example below..
Parked domain = www.mydomain .com
so I set-up a domain forward to www.maindomain .com, but I want the
url to
keep showing mydomain.com.
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:22*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

Oh, I had assumed you had proper DNS entries for your domain and
subdomains. So if it's parked, then a redirect to your specific URL
would also work.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen
maybe I should just do just a domain redirect form where the domain
name is
parked?
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:20*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
> Yes, I suppose that would work. The downside is that you'd have to
> code this for every page, I presume? And what happens when you want
> to support a 3rd, 4th or 5th domain? Again, there are always two
> ways to skin a cat. I'd suggest seeking out the sharper knife,
> though ;)
>
> -Brock
> DevelopMentor
> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
>> something like this would work right?
>>
>> <%
>> sname = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
>> sname = ucase(sname)
>> if InStr(sname,"DOMAIN1") <> 0 then
>> response.redirect "subdirectory to go to"
>> elseif InStr(sname,"DOMAIN2") <> 0 then
>> response.redirect "2nd subdirectory to go to"
>> end if
>> %>
>> "Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in
>> message
>> news:17*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
>>> You need to configure a new website in IIS and it can use the
>>> HTTP host header to distinguish which website to access. Then in
>>> your second website configure to map to any directory you want
>>> to.
>>>
>>> -Brock
>>> DevelopMentor
>>> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
>>>> How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of my
>>>> site using asp.net?
>>>>
>>>> I know normally domains are setup to point to the root directory
>>>> of the web site. However, how can I detect which URL a person is
>>>> browsing to on my site with ("such as leon.mydomain.com"), and
>>>> redirect them to the appropriate place on within site ("such as
>>>> mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and where do I want to put this code
>>>> in default page of the website or in the global.asax file.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>

[Brock Allen]

So for the domain whose name you want to keep in the address bar, make a
default.htm that does something like this, you'll have to get all the right
attributes but this should give you the idea:

<html>
<frameset>
<frame src="http://otherdomain.com" />
</frameset>
</html>

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

thanks so much for your time, but what do you mean by "The other hack
I've
seen is to make your first domain have a page that contains a frame
that
points to the second domain"?
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:24*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

Ah, but that's a security problem. The redirect is going to be your
best bet. The other hack I've seen is to make your first domain have
a page that contains a frame that points to the second domain. This
sort of works, I guess :)

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

I do I do a doamin forward from where the domain is parked, but mask
or is
it impossible? See example below..
Parked domain = www.mydomain .com
so I set-up a domain forward to www.maindomain .com, but I want the
url to
keep showing mydomain.com.
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:22*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
Oh, I had assumed you had proper DNS entries for your domain and
subdomains. So if it's parked, then a redirect to your specific URL
would also work.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen
> maybe I should just do just a domain redirect form where the
> domain
> name is
> parked?
> "Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in
> message
> news:20*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
>> Yes, I suppose that would work. The downside is that you'd have
>> to code this for every page, I presume? And what happens when you
>> want to support a 3rd, 4th or 5th domain? Again, there are always
>> two ways to skin a cat. I'd suggest seeking out the sharper
>> knife, though ;)
>>
>> -Brock
>> DevelopMentor
>> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
>>> something like this would work right?
>>>
>>> <%
>>> sname = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
>>> sname = ucase(sname)
>>> if InStr(sname,"DOMAIN1") <> 0 then
>>> response.redirect "subdirectory to go to"
>>> elseif InStr(sname,"DOMAIN2") <> 0 then
>>> response.redirect "2nd subdirectory to go to"
>>> end if
>>> %>
>>> "Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:17*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
>>>> You need to configure a new website in IIS and it can use the
>>>> HTTP host header to distinguish which website to access. Then
>>>> in your second website configure to map to any directory you
>>>> want to.
>>>>
>>>> -Brock
>>>> DevelopMentor
>>>> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
>>>>> How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of
>>>>> my site using asp.net?
>>>>>
>>>>> I know normally domains are setup to point to the root
>>>>> directory of the web site. However, how can I detect which URL
>>>>> a person is browsing to on my site with ("such as
>>>>> leon.mydomain.com"), and redirect them to the appropriate
>>>>> place on within site ("such as mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and
>>>>> where do I want to put this code in default page of the
>>>>> website or in the global.asax file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>

[Leon]

Thanks so much allen. i think i will stick with just the redirect/domain
forwarding!!!
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:24*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

So for the domain whose name you want to keep in the address bar, make a
default.htm that does something like this, you'll have to get all the
right attributes but this should give you the idea:

<html>
<frameset>
<frame src="http://otherdomain.com" />
</frameset>
</html>

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

thanks so much for your time, but what do you mean by "The other hack
I've
seen is to make your first domain have a page that contains a frame
that
points to the second domain"?
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:24*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..

Ah, but that's a security problem. The redirect is going to be your
best bet. The other hack I've seen is to make your first domain have
a page that contains a frame that points to the second domain. This
sort of works, I guess :)

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen
I do I do a doamin forward from where the domain is parked, but mask
or is
it impossible? See example below..
Parked domain = www.mydomain .com
so I set-up a domain forward to www.maindomain .com, but I want the
url to
keep showing mydomain.com.
"Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in message
news:22*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
> Oh, I had assumed you had proper DNS entries for your domain and
> subdomains. So if it's parked, then a redirect to your specific URL
> would also work.
>
> -Brock
> DevelopMentor
> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
>> maybe I should just do just a domain redirect form where the
>> domain
>> name is
>> parked?
>> "Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in
>> message
>> news:20*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
>>> Yes, I suppose that would work. The downside is that you'd have
>>> to code this for every page, I presume? And what happens when you
>>> want to support a 3rd, 4th or 5th domain? Again, there are always
>>> two ways to skin a cat. I'd suggest seeking out the sharper
>>> knife, though ;)
>>>
>>> -Brock
>>> DevelopMentor
>>> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
>>>> something like this would work right?
>>>>
>>>> <%
>>>> sname = Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
>>>> sname = ucase(sname)
>>>> if InStr(sname,"DOMAIN1") <> 0 then
>>>> response.redirect "subdirectory to go to"
>>>> elseif InStr(sname,"DOMAIN2") <> 0 then
>>>> response.redirect "2nd subdirectory to go to"
>>>> end if
>>>> %>
>>>> "Brock Allen" <ba****@develop.com.i_hate_spam_too> wrote in
>>>> message
>>>> news:17*********************@msnews.microsoft.com. ..
>>>>> You need to configure a new website in IIS and it can use the
>>>>> HTTP host header to distinguish which website to access. Then
>>>>> in your second website configure to map to any directory you
>>>>> want to.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Brock
>>>>> DevelopMentor
>>>>> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
>>>>>> How do I point a sub-domain to a sub-directory or sub-web of
>>>>>> my site using asp.net?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know normally domains are setup to point to the root
>>>>>> directory of the web site. However, how can I detect which URL
>>>>>> a person is browsing to on my site with ("such as
>>>>>> leon.mydomain.com"), and redirect them to the appropriate
>>>>>> place on within site ("such as mydomain.com/help/leon05"), and
>>>>>> where do I want to put this code in default page of the
>>>>>> website or in the global.asax file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>